One of the finest university athletics collections in the United States, the Big Blue Sports Archive preserves radio and television broadcasts of UK athletic events along with photographs, news clippings, game programs, and other printed materials dating back to the 1890s. Highlights include:
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Thanks to the generous support of the Sullivan family, UK Libraries is now offering the Claude Sullivan Research Fellowship. This fellowship opportunity is open to researchers whose work would benefit from onsite access to archival materials housed in UK Libraries’ collections, including the Big Blue Sports Archive, the Claude Sullivan Audio Recordings Collection, and the Claude Sullivan Collection of Athletic Publications.
Game program from Alabama vs. Kentucky football game, October 29, 1938.